Cahiers du Cinema's Best of 2013

The storied French journal Cahiers du cinema can always be counted on to throw a few curveballs when it comes to year-end lists, and 2013 is no exception. Their Top 10, which they've posted with comments in French, includes a not-atypical assortment of Francophone art films and American auteur product -- in past years, they've lauded such unloved Stateside entries as Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro, and stuck by M. Night Shyamalan through The Village and The Lady in the Water. Because Cahiers' annotations are, naturally, in French, Criticwire has brought the full weight of our one semester abroad to bear and translated them for your perusal.